How much do Clinical and Counseling Psychologists make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Percentile spread

For Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, the published 10th percentile is $63,910 and the 90th percentile is $203,840. The difference is $139,930, which is 124.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $77,130 to the 75th at $151,490, covers $74,360.

The mean annual wage is $125,550, which sits above the median of $112,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD median is 12% higher than the national median of $100,580 for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $109,884, which is 9.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.7% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $91,870.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 102.554, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $112,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Clinical and Counseling Psychologists at $109,884 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 6th of 21 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 42 miles away, with a median of $128,850 and employment of 120. That median is 14.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $124,879, against $109,884 here.
• Reading, PA is 48 miles away, with a median of $85,380 and employment of 80. That median is 24.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,966, against $109,884 here.
• Lancaster, PA is 51 miles away, with a median of $91,120 and employment of 110. That median is 19.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,736, against $109,884 here.

Employment share

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1,920 of 2,897,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (75,990 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.